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English grammar lesson 20: Practice: tenses · Set 342 · 40 questions
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The grammar rule (Time word first): Find the time word: every day, now, yesterday, tomorrow, since, before … Choose the tense it needs. Fit the verb to the subject: he / she → -s, is, has, was; I → am; we / they → are, have, were.

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  1. 1.Choose the right verb: Every girl ___ a water bottle. (a) has (b) have
  2. 2.They ___ a cartoon next month. (a) will watches (b) will watching (c) watched (d) will watch
  3. 3.He has just ___ a tree. (a) climb (b) climbs (c) climbing (d) climbed
  4. 4.Which is the correct -ing form of “eat”? (a) eating (b) eatting (c) eateing
  5. 5.Name the tense: “My parents will clap for the team.” (a) simple present (b) past perfect (c) simple future (d) past continuous
  6. 6.___ Diya clap for the team every day? (a) Are (b) Does (c) Do (d) Is
  7. 7.You are going to ___ a song next week. (a) singing (b) sings (c) sing (d) sang
  8. 8.We ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buy (b) buyed (c) will buy (d) bought
  9. 9.He has just ___ the bag. (a) carries (b) carry (c) carrying (d) carried
  10. 10.He ___ Grandma before the guests arrived. (a) have helped (b) had helped (c) had help (d) has helped
  11. 11.___ they speak Hindi every Sunday? (a) Is (b) Does (c) Are (d) Do
  12. 12.When Dad called, he ___ already cleaned the room. (a) have (b) had (c) has
  13. 13.When Dad called, Riya ___ already swum in the pool. (a) has (b) have (c) had
  14. 14.Which is the correct -ing form of “speak”? (a) speakeing (b) speaking (c) speakking
  15. 15.I am going to ___ for the team next Sunday. (a) clapped (b) clap (c) clapping (d) claps
  16. 16.Name the tense: “You were feeding the dog.” (a) simple past (b) simple present (c) present continuous (d) past continuous
  17. 17.He ___ going to fly a kite next month. (a) am (b) are (c) is
  18. 18.I ___ in this school since 2020. (a) have studied (b) study (c) has studied (d) studied
  19. 19.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) thrown (c) throwed (d) threw
  20. 20.___ she build a sandcastle twice a week? (a) Is (b) Does (c) Do (d) Are
  21. 21.Choose the right verb: One of my classmates ___ in Class 3. (a) are (b) is
  22. 22.Name the tense: “My sister writes a letter.” (a) past perfect (b) past continuous (c) simple present (d) simple past
  23. 23.We are going to ___ a letter next Sunday. (a) wrote (b) write (c) writing (d) writes
  24. 24.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringing (b) brought (c) bringed
  25. 25.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawing (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drew
  26. 26.Arjun ___ the room before the bell rang. (a) have cleaned (b) has cleaned (c) had clean (d) had cleaned
  27. 27.She is going to ___ in the park next month. (a) running (b) run (c) runs (d) ran
  28. 28.You ___ a tree before the guests arrived. (a) had plant (b) have planted (c) had planted (d) has planted
  29. 29.I ___ the ball before it got dark. (a) had catch (b) has caught (c) had caught (d) have caught
  30. 30.___ you clean the room yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
  31. 31.You ___ a cartoon every Sunday. (a) watching (b) watches (c) watch
  32. 32.Pooja ___ the dog now. (a) are feeding (b) is feed (c) is feeding (d) am feeding
  33. 33.Name the tense: “I have carried the bag.” (a) simple past (b) simple future (c) past perfect (d) present perfect
  34. 34.Choose the right verb: Every boy ___ a notebook. (a) has (b) have
  35. 35.My sister ___ in the pool when the bell rang. (a) was swim (b) was swimming (c) is swimming (d) were swimming
  36. 36.She is going to ___ science next Sunday. (a) studying (b) studies (c) study (d) studied
  37. 37.___ my friends climb a tree twice a week? (a) Are (b) Do (c) Does (d) Is
  38. 38.When the bell rang, she ___ vegetables. (a) is buying (b) were buying (c) was buy (d) was buying
  39. 39.They ___ a mango twice a week. (a) eats (b) eat (c) eating
  40. 40.We ___ drunk milk already. (a) have (b) has

Answer key

  1. has
  2. will watch
  3. climbed
  4. eating
  5. simple future
  6. Does
  7. sing
  8. bought
  9. carried
  10. had helped
  11. Do
  12. had
  13. had
  14. speaking
  15. clap
  16. past continuous
  17. is
  18. have studied
  19. threw
  20. Does
  21. is
  22. simple present
  23. write
  24. brought
  25. drew
  26. had cleaned
  27. run
  28. had planted
  29. had caught
  30. Did
  31. watch
  32. is feeding
  33. present perfect
  34. has
  35. was swimming
  36. study
  37. Do
  38. was buying
  39. eat
  40. have

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